Hi Kell

Cervical cancer can cause many different symptoms and they aren’t always the same for everyone so you can’t really make any kind of self diagnosis about this. Back/sciatic pain can be for lots of different reasons which are usually not as serious as cancer, and not everyone with cervical cancer has heavy bleeding or any bleeding. If you turn to google to try and work out what’s going on, it could scare you silly to no benefit as what you are reading is not individual to you. 

It’s good that you’re seeing your gp, and hopefully he/she will do a pelvic exam and refer you to a gynaecologist if there are any concerns. At this stage, it’s way to early to be thinking about cervical cancer, so try not to let your thoughts run away with you. x

Thanks so much for your repsonse. 
I am a worrier and am awful for googling! 
I am hoping it's just a back problem as I'm maniging to get some sleep it's worse when moving etc. But definitely feels like the nerve is affected as pain in leg and knee shooting pains.

i am hoping they will offer me a smear as only a year away from needing one anyway x

Another sleepless night.

the pain has moved abit and seems my left hip and side is hurting. I'm literally thinking that the Cancer is spreading etc, when I haven't even been seen yet. I think my health anxiety is getting the better of me on this one! 

Hi Kell

I’m sorry you’ve had another sleepless night, as it’s exhausting.

You don’t have cancer until a doctor tells you that you have cancer, but you are definitely suffering from anxiety over your health, which can be debilitating and can make your symptoms seem much worse. 

You can make a choice at this point to keep going on the internet and terrifying yourself, or to try  to stop making assumptions and trying to diagnose yourself by keeping away from dr google. 

When you are diagnosed with cancer a whole new world of terror and anxiety follows-but you are making things so much more difficult for yourself already by obsessing that you have cancer when you don’t know. I can understand anxiety, having suffered from it myself, but I tried to be proactive in managing it by seeking help from my gp and practising relaxation/mindfulness techniques. Perhaps you could try something like this to bring your anxiety levels down. x

I've suffered with severe health anxiety this time last year strangely. Thought I had breast cancer, had to go and live with my mum didn't eat or sleep and lost a stone in 2 weeks. 
so I keep trying to tell myself it's that, but it's hard when showing a few symptoms I'm convinced it has to be cancer and nothing else.  
I've come out to my sisters this afternoon and I'm already feeling so much better but I will definitely be ringing the doctors tomorrow to get some medication as I stopped it about 6 months ago as anxiety had subsided. Well clearly it's been creeping back without me really realising, I've been saying for a few weeks I'm going to end up making myself Bad again and here I am. 

I had very bad anxiety, but not heath anxiety, although I do understand how bad it can be and see a lot of it on this forum. 

I was having a lot of symptoms but didn’t even consider cancer would be my diagnosis, so I saved myself a lot of worry in advance. If you are convinced you have cancer, then I expect I am not going to be able to sway you from that, but it just seems so sad to be so young and be obsessing about something you haven’t been diagnosed with. 

I’m glad you’re out and feeling a bit better today, and definitely get in touch with the gp about getting some medication. I found it very helpful, especially going through my diagnosis and treatment. Any help you can get with reducing your anxiety would be helpful. x

I'm starting to wonder if my anxiety is heightening my symptoms. 
not sleeping, being tense etc is no good for a bad back I'm guessing?

To be honest, I’m sure it is heightening the symptoms you have, especially being tense. There are so many reasons for back pain, most of which are not serious at all, but being anxious can make anything seem much worse. And when you’re anxious, every little niggle and ache can be magnified in your mind, which is very powerful at making you feel worse about everything. And it can certainly stop you sleeping. x

Honestly, I am a nightmare, another sleepless night for me ahead probably. The pain in my back was low right side. But no my outer left hip is agony, I've even taken cocodamol! I'm my head the cancers spread. I know I sound stupid, I don't understand why I'm thinking this way! It's driving me insane and so draining 

I had bad hip pain many years ago-it was sciatica, not cancer. There are so many reasons for pain, and most times it isn’t cancer. That really is worst case scenario! x

Hi minska,

I have rang the doctors today to get some medication to calm me down. I've got pains in my back lower calves like pressure and back and hip pain. Just thinking the worst 

A gp has rang me this morning, reassured me, said I can't have a smear but she's got me in tomorrow morning to look at my cervix but said currently she can not do a smear

A gp has rang me this morning, reassured me, said I can't have a smear but she's got me in tomorrow morning to look at my cervix but said currently she can not do a smear

I’m glad you’ve had some reassurance from the doctor and are getting seen. As I said before, you wouldn’t be able to get a smear test, but in any event that’s not what you need at this point. I really hope you can get your mind put at rest after your appointment. x

Hi Minska, I've seen a gp this morning who looked at my cervix and said there's nothing she is concerned about. 
thanks for the kind reassuring words from yourself too.

x

Hi Kell

That’s great news and I hope you’re feeling better about things now you’ve had an examination. I’m really pleased there’s nothing sinister going on, and hope that you can relax now.x

Hi Minska, me again. I'm still worried. This back pain has not gotten any better it's also in my left hip. It was so bad I went to a&e on Saturday, they did a lumbar mri all disks, nerves etc all fine. I said where abouts the pain was they said that's more pelvis! I had brown discharge 21st 22nd 23rd December wirh occasional light pink when I wiped. Now today, light pink blood again, with horrible lower stomach pains, I am so worried, I know she's looked up at my cervix but is this enough? I just feel as though something is not right. 
I'm also taking 30/500 cocodamols and I can still feel pain

Hi Kell

You need to have your doctor investigate your continuing pain and symptoms. The doctor should decide from this investigation if you need to be referred to a specialist for further tests. If I were you this is what I’d be looking for, so can you call to see you are still having pain and symptoms and try to get another appointment? x